Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 2 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 3 | If I got him a chop I 'd have a sausage or an egg with the bairns . |
| 4 | As it stood , it consisted of a multi-volume jumble of vers libre , written over many years , some in the form of letters , especially to her mother — ‘ if I sent her a letter she sent me some money — so I kept on writing ’ — listing the men she 'd known . |
| 5 | If I offered you a glass of Sancerre would you bring the wrath of God down on me ? ’ |
| 6 | ( ‘ Would you believe me if I called myself a Puritan ? |
| 7 | Here ref , what would you do if I called you a plonker ? |
| 8 | If I gave her a pencil she 'd chuck it back at you . |
| 9 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 10 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 11 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry if I gave you a fright . |
| 13 | Erm If I gave you a problem about sort of prices of apples and pears |
| 14 | And I said , Oh well there we are take it If I gave you a pound |
| 15 | It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications |
| 16 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 17 | I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it . |
| 18 | Yes erm I do n't know if I mentioned you a question properly er right there were young lads in there they be young lads in that lodge do this and they jump up and they make a decision quickly . |
| 19 | ‘ It had occurred to me that if the substance known as Potassium Chlorate were to be contained in some small vessel with the right quantity of Sulphur , and the compound impacted — that is to say , if I hit it a pretty fair whack with a pestle — the result would be an explosion . ’ |
| 20 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
| 21 | Would you mind if I bought you a coffee or something ? ’ |
| 22 | If someone bought me an expensive perfumed soap , I would save it — not believing I would ever have another — until I found it years later , grubby and odourless ! |
| 23 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
| 24 | If somebody gave you a bit of sheet music ? |
| 25 | Perhaps if she asked him a simple , straightforward question she would receive a simple , straightforward answer in return . |
| 26 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
| 27 | He 'd loved her and left her once , and if she gave him a chance he 'd do it again . |
| 28 | Right I just wondered if she gave you an address cos it you know got a super little town map here . |
| 29 | Because that 's the thing like , although if she did something a bit more traditional , it 'd probably please the likes of us but when you think , the kids that are doing it , if she says oh we 're doing something out of Starlight Express it 'll be aah ! |
| 30 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |